Fourteen
films have been produced by the Foundation
through 2009 including eight, which are focused
on the rescue of Jewish fugitives by non-Jews
during the Holocaust. These films document
extraordinary acts of courage by ordinary
people in Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland and
Scandinavian countries.
More recent
programs were filmed in Macedonia and Croatia,
which reflect local
community efforts to resolve ongoing ethnic and
religious conflicts through dialogue instead of
war, and one which documents the 70 year
Soviet era Gulag system
Our films
have been shown by many U.S. public television
stations, at museums including the U.S.
Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington,DC, at
universities, embassies, faith-based
organizations, the Smithsonian Institution,
Embassies, highschools, and at public events in
France and Israel.
The films
have also been exhibited at national and
international film competitions and have won
Gabriel, Telly, Aegis, and CINE Golden Eagle
Awards. Volunteer narrators of the films have
included Liv Ullmann, Eli
Wallach, Alan Alda, Theodore
Bikel, Irene Papas, Uta Hagen,
Marvin Kalb and Bettina
Gregory.
Films produced by the
Foundation Films produced by the Foundation
are available on the U.S. Holocaust Memorial
Museum website by accessing "Documentary Films"
and identifying the particular film of interest
from the following list:.
The
Other Side of Faith. Under Nazi
occupation, a 16-year-old Polish girl and her
younger sister hid and nurtured 13 Jewish
fugitives for over two years. [27 minutes]
narrated by Sy Rotter
Zegota: A Time to
Remember. An effort of the
Polish Government in Exile to help Jewish
fugitives in Poland during the Holocaust.
Includes an Epilogue by Jan Karski. [52
minutes] narrated by Sy Rotter
A
Time to Gather Stones Together.
Holocaust survivors living in the U.S. visit
archives and places of family origin in
present-day Ukraine and Poland. [28 minutes]
narrated by Sy Rotter
Rescue
in Scandinavia, narrated by Liv
Ullmann. Focused on individuals in Norway,
Denmark, Finland and Sweden who helped Jewish
fugitives during the war. [55 minutes]
A
Debt to Honor, narrated by Alan
Alda. In spite of Italy's alliance with
Nazi Germany, eighty percent of Italy's Jews
survived the Holocaust, largely through the
effrts of Italian non-Jews. [29 minutes]
One
Day in the Life of Oni, narrated by
Theodore Bikel. In the Caucasian
mountains of Georgia, a small but vibrant
Jewish community celebrates its ancestry which
dates back 2,500 years. [28 minutes]
It
Was Nothing, It Was Everything,
narrated by Irene Papas, includes
reflections on the rescue of Jewish fugitives
in Greece by citizens and clergy during the
Holocaust. [29 minutes]
Zegota
- Council for Aid to Jews in Poland,
narrated by Eli Wallach, this shortened
version of our 1992 program on Zegota contains
new archival footage. [28 minutes]
Treason
or Honor, narrated by Uta
Hagen in English and Anna Rosmus in
German is focused on stories of the rescue of
Jews in Germany. [28 minutes]
Making
Choices, narrated by Marvin
Kalb. Is the story of Macedonians, Moslem
and Christian, who in the aftermath of
the choices they are
making to avoid the same bloodshed in their
Country. [28 minutes]
The Peace
Builders, narrated by Bettina
Gregory, speaks to the courage
required
for reconciliation
efforts by volunteers in Croatia of
former enemies, representing Catholic and
Eastern Orthodox faiths in the Vukovar area of
the Country. [27 minutes]
Overcoming
Amnesia Post Stalinist Governments have
tried to obliterate this tragic history from
the memory of the World. A co-production with
Boston College of the 70 year
history of the Soviet Gulag
experience.
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